"Migrant shelters along the Mexican border are filled not with
newcomers looking for a better life, but with seasoned crossers: older
men and women, often deportees, braving ever-greater risks to get back
to their families in the United States — the country they consider home.
They...

"His decision to stay behind had nothing to do with newfound job
opportunities, or a belief in Mexico’s future, or even the possibility
that he wouldn’t be able to find a job in Dallas, where he once worked
as a cook. It was much more basic. He feared he wouldn’t get across...

"The undocumented immigrants had crossed the river in defiance of the law, then escaped capture by sneaking past armed patrols in the dark. They did not have the required paperwork and were ordered to leave, but the authorities suspected the immigrants would probably defy them. It is a scenario...

"It was in October of 2012 that a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter joined in a hot pursuit in the Rio Grande Valley. Officers suspected that pick-up truck they were chasing was loaded with bales of marijuana. To bring an end the chase a sniper in the helicopter fired 15 times at the...

Melvin Félix, Univision, Mar. 9, 2017 - "The Trump administration intends to press forward with its plan to send immigrants of any nationality back to Mexico after they're caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed...

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings
[This is a very long, rich, detailed look at the border wall, with marvelous graphics. It deals with the price tag, smuggling, crime, the U.S. economy, communities and the environment, and much more. Recommended!]

Muzaffar Chishti, Sarah Pierce, and Austin Rose, Apr. 25, 2018 - "Opening a new front in his campaign to crack down on illegal immigration, President Donald Trump in early April 2018 called for the deployment of up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. The President seized on...